Improvement in trace-carriers



PHILIP A. .SNIYD:E H.'

Trace- Carrier.

N0. 126,753. Patent edMay-14 ,187'2.

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UNITED STATES.

PHILIP A. SNYDER, OF BUTLERVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN TRACE-CARRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,753, dated May 14, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP A. SNYDER, of Butlerville, in the county of Warren and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Buckles, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a longitudinal sectional side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

This invention has relation to harnessbuckles; and the novelty consists in the combination of a bellyband buckle and loop, back-band buckle and loop, and trace-eye, constructed and adapted to their purposes, as hereinafter described.

. Referring to the accompanyin g drawing illustratingthis invention, A represents a metallic trace-eye, cast with the buckle-frames B O projecting from its upper and lower parts, as shown. These buckles are provided with the bars cl 0 f, and are adapted, respectively, to hold the ends, of the back-band E and bellyband F. g designates the tongue of the buckle B, and g the tongue of the buckle O. The tongue g is hinged to the bar e, and rests its point on the bar f. The tongiie g is hinged to the barf of the buckle O, and rests its point on the bar 0.

- Fig. l of the drawing shows clearly the manner of attaching the back-band and bellyband to their buckles, so as to conceal their ends and prevent the lines from catchingthem. The bars at are intended to press closely against the leather so as to prevent it from slipping. Two of these combined buckles and trace-eyes are used for each set of single harness, or four for each set of double harness. So much of each of the buckles as is comprised by the barf and the sides of the frame {caching thence to the trace-eye, constitutes a oop.

The device may consist of the back-band buckle, the trace-eye, and the loop only of the lower buckle to which loop the belly-band may be secured-by stitching; or the upper buckle may be dispensed with, the lower buckle being cast with the trace-eye, and the back-band, secured to'the bar f or loop, used instead of the upper buckle. Again, the device may consist of the traceeye and a single buckle adapted to hold either the belly-band or back-band; or it may consist of the traceeye with loops for the bands, or with a loop for one band only.

When the trace-eye and upper buckle alone are cast together, the device may be used in connection with the hip-strap, the latter being secured to the buckle.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The trace-eye A, provided at one or both ends with the flat or undulating buckle or strap-loop B, having the end-guardd and the cross-bars e f, arranged to serve as a rest and pivot for the short reversed tongue 9, the strap being doubled around the inner pin f next the trace-eye, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above 'I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

GEORGE B. THOMPSON, THORNTON THOMPSON.

PHILIP A. SNYDER. 

